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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 31575

This procedure passes a thin, flexible scope through the nose or mouth to directly view the voice box, examining it for signs of inflammation, growths, or abnormal movement of the vocal cords. It is a diagnostic look rather than a treatment procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam cost?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $490 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$74.13 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$398 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $195 to $631Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $65 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$741.31
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

West Virginia· 38th of 51

$145

WI $398RI $91.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.